2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Something is wrong with the Democratic Party [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)And those often seem to be about "centrists" were ignoring the white men.
I heard that abortion is a "social" issue (and not a health issue), and one Senator in particular in 2013 railed about how the Democratic party was hurting Southern Democratic Senators, because focusing on "abortion" and "gay marriage" was not appealing to the white working class, who were more concerned with their economic issues.
I think that Hillary's appeal to women, PoC, new Americans, LGBTQs indicated that the Democrats that voted for her were indeed progressive, and has been ignored at best and derided at worst by those in the party who think that we have 'sold out,' to 'centrists.'
I think that the overwhelming appeal of other candidates to white men who are complaining about not being paid enough attention to says a lot.
I think that outreach to that particular group is appropriate for the person that has been assigned to it.
https://womenintheology.org/2016/11/14/there-is-no-such-thing-as-the-white-working-class/